The home teacher in California is an interesting educational device,
of which much is to be expected. The Home Teacher Act, passed by the
state legislature April 10, 1915,[56] permits boards of school
trustees or city boards of education to employ one "home teacher" for
every five hundred or more units of average daily attendance. The home
teacher is
to work in the homes of the pupils, instructing children and
adults in matters relating to school attendance and
preparation therefor, also in sanitation, in the English
language, in household duties, such as purchase, preparation,
and use of food and clothing, and in the fundamental
principles of the American system of government and the
rights and duties of citizenship. She is required to possess
the following qualifications:
1. A regular teacher's certificate under the State Education
Law.